Cool It Birchip
Birchip Community Forum
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Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance (CVGA)
The project aimed to cool Birchip by delivering increased levels of shade provided by trees, mitigating the effect of heat extremes on residents and visitors including vulnerable people. So far, in small Mallee town of Birchip, they’ve planted over 170 trees – to ramp up the shade and cool down the streets in readiness for a warmer, drier climate ahead. This project was followed by Cool It Phase 2 where the program was expanded
Type of organization
Private and non-profit organisations
Private and non-profit organisations
Project purpose
Intervention
Intervention
National Climate Risk Assessment System
Health and social support
Health and social support
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Adaptation Type
Nature-based
Funding Details
$50,000 of Community Climate Change Adaptation grant funding from Victorian DELWP
$50,000 of Community Climate Change Adaptation grant funding from Victorian DELWP
Climate hazard
Temperature extremes
Temperature extremes
Start Year
2019
2019
Completion Year
2021
2021
Source
Vic DEECA
Vic DEECA
Evaluation Details
Unknown
Unknown
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